The Voice

Rob Compton of Oneonta poses in front of the University of Zimbabwe

It’s a nation with an inflation rate of over 15,000 percent, where political repression is common, the unemployment rate is 80 percent, and where food supplies continue to dwindle. A primary travel destination — not — but it is where UUP member Robert Compton of Oneonta wanted to go as a Fulbright Scholar.

The Fulbright Scholar program’s mission is to build mutual understanding between the citizens of the United States and other nations.